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volume 4 //issue 2

TeahupooDiscovered

T.I:IsleofTreasures

eApplefield

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Spotlight:TreasureIslandStylee

KevinWilson:UpClose

Pro-phile:KyleApplefield

QuitthatLollygagging:

Lollapolluza2008

GenderRolesandSurfing

Photo-phile:TomCarey

Travel:BoraBoraAnyone?

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Last year,I was there for him during any anguish ordespair he may have been going through.

His kindness inspired something in me I

never knew. Now he has reciprocated the

gesture of support and kindness back to

me. I love you so much man! You dont

know! So yes, Kyle won his 8th world title

in record form. He won and perser vered

even in despite the chaos that was the

bombarding him everyday. I know how

he did it. He basically got real fucking

pissed off and dissected ever y wave and

opponent to smithereens. Getting pissed

off, if not used wisely and producti vely,

will only aid ones demise. It is quite

apparent that Kyle was able to transform

this emotion into yet another world title.

Amazing, right? Come on now. Geez god,

I am on the plane and about to land in

Australia within an hour. I am a wr iter

on the storm and gr8 expectations are

upon us for this once in a lifetime trip.

Lets get it on, bitches. I mean fo rillllz.

The eagle has landed. Feeling stoked to

be onto the terr itory of the Queensland,

where the sun shines for 15 hours a day.

It seems as soon as the plane lands all the

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Left:The legendary Suncoast Surf shop. Upstairs, they boast over 600 surfboards.

1. Lei flowers arent just found in Hawaii, they are native to the St. Petearea. 2. Canopy walkways are your pathway to paradise on the sugar sand

beaches of Treasure Island. 3. The Floridian is famous for their Floribeean

cuisine (thats Floridian and Carribbean).

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Left:

The most amazing things about Sunset Beach is the Sea Oat

Replenishment Project, from The Chateau down to Johns Pass.14

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Pro in very mediocre surf. The women really

get shortchanged for their events. Its like,

okay, the waves are shitty, lets send the

women out. It was about two feet and fairly

conestable but the tide wasnt quite right

and the swell was kind of dying. A couple

of big names bowed out the very fir st day

like Rochelle Ballard and Sofia Molanovich.

Not good news for a company like Roxy.

Total disaster for these g irls and the fans

passengers simultanously turn their phones

on and stand up to grab their carr y ons. Ok,

moving right along. Caught a taxi from the

Coolangatta airport before our apartment in

Queensland because Kyle was doing a press

conference for the Quiksilver Pro. Kir ra had

some perfect waves en route to our place in

front of Snapper Rock. Kirra is so different

now compared to the last century. Literally,

all the sand has been getting pumped down

from Duranbah has turned that place into a

that came out to see them. Later in the day

the ASP used a new format for the mens

Quiksi lver event concieved by none other

than Kelley Slater himself. This was just

a trial basis format for the There were so

many competitors in the water: There are

four surfers in the water at all times and

two of them have priority in each separate

heat. I will not take time to explain this but

I was pleased to see the reeling head-high

destroyable rights. If one of the competitiors

atoll. What a shame. There is a coalition to

save Kirra. Trust me, that place is preservedforever in about two million sqaure feet of

sand. Nonetheless, the waves were about 2-3

feet and the water was a sparkling blue. He

and his girlfriend Apri l and their little Pug

Ruby are amazing and I am very g rateful

for be around them. Bit of a late start this

morning but luke and I headed down to

Snapper where they were running the Roxy

needs a 9.0 ride with twenty minutes left,

more times he or she isnt going to wait forthat perfect wave. Meanwhile, there are a

bunch of great little ones coming in with

nobody on them! Down at the competit ion

site it could easily be mistaken for the

Quiksil ver town. It was crazy! I got to catch

up with some old fr iends and make some

new ones. Free mugs of Fosters for us,

so we werent complaining. I had one or

six throughout the day. I cant remember.

People say dont drink beer through t imes

of personal growth and stuff. Sleeping pill,

water and Fugazi. It is the morning of the

final. Joking, it is the morning of round two.

I am hanging a little bit to say the least. I

believe that Ernest Hemmingway enjoyed

some good wine during his time of writing. I

am defintely on my hemming way.

Right:

A beacon in the dark --- Suncoast Surf Shop is open 365 days a

year since way back in 1969. Thats dedication.

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ot only is he the greatest surfer to live,

he has been the greatest friend to me

over the last few months during my

time of personal growth and understandment.

Last year I was there for him during any anguish

or despair he may have been going through. His

kindness inspired something in me I never knew.

Now he has reciprocated the gesture of support

and kindness back to me. So yes, Kyle won his

8th world title in record form. He won and

perservered even in despite the chaos that was the

bombarding him everyday. I know how he did it.

He basically got real fucking pissed and dissected

every wave and opponent to smithereens. Getting

pissed off, if not used wisely and productively, will

only aid ones demise. It is quite apparent that

Kyle was able to transform this emotion into yet

another world title.

Geez god, I am on the plane and about to land

in Australia within an hour. I am a writer on the

storm and gr8 expectations are upon us for this

once in a lifetime trip. Lets get it on, bitches. I

mean fo rillllz.

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DAY2Woke up at Lukes this morning after a night

of Mexican food and margaritas. Luke has done

quite well for himself. He just qualified for theWorld Championships in February and has an

overall great outlook on life. He and his girlfriend

April and their little Pug Ruby are amazing and I

am very grateful for be around them. Bit of a late

start this morning but luke and I headed down

to Snapper where they were running the Roxy

Pro in very mediocre surf. The women really get

shortchanged for their events. Its like, okay, the

waves are shitty, lets send the women out. It was

about two feet and fairly conestable but the tidewasnt quite right and the swell was kind of dying.

DAY3A couple of big names bowed out the very first

day like Rochelle Ballard and Sofia Molanovich.

Not good news for a company like Roxy. Total

disaster for these girls and the fans that came out

to see them. Later in the day the ASP used a new

format for the mens Quiksilver event concieved

by none other than Kelley Slater himself. This was

just a trial basis format for the competitors in

the water: There are four surfers in the water at

all times and tow of them have priority in each

separate heat. I will not take time to explain this

but I was pleased to see the reeling head-high

destroyable rights. If one of the competitiors

needs a 9.0 ride with twenty minutes left, more

times he or she isnt going to wait for that perfect

wave. Meanwhile, there are a bunch of great little

ones coming in with nobody on them!

DAY4

Down at the competition site it could easilybe mistaken for the Quiksilver town. It was crazy!

I got to catch up with some old f riends and

make some new ones. Free mugs of Fosters for

us, so we werent complaining. I had one or six

throughout the day. I cant remember. People say

dont drink beer through times of personal growth

and bad times. I say drink and party it up.

DAY5It is the morning of the f inal. Joking, it is the

morning of round two. I am hanging a little bit to

say the least. I believe that Ernest Hemmingway

enjoyed some good wine during his time of

writing. I am defintely on m hemming way. Every

evening I remind Kelly to visualize surfing before

he goes to sleep. As I mentioned before, some of

these big hitters never showed up mentally or

physically and that defintely helped Kelley out a

whole bunch. The swell was also starting to fill in,

that would help everyone out quite a bit.

DAY6I woke to see that the ladies were being sent

out because the waves were fair to average. What

the hell man. I dont get it. Kelley got almost

a perfect score of 19.83/20.00. He amazes me.

Goody Goody! I actaully didnt do to terribly

bad. This morning, Taj Burrow and Kyle did a few

tow-ins at Snapper. Kyle said it was like surfingBackdoor but with a sand bottom. Luke and I

surfed the cranking Duranbah where I ran into

the incredible Nikki Wood. Yes, Nikki Wood, the

prodigy and winner of a Bells Trophy. That was a

pretty incrdible moment. The waves themselves

were incredible too. This would be my last day

with Kyle.

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Right:

Kyle tearin it up in Tahiti. He

lives there almost half the year

with his family and in the US

for the other half of the year.

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